1.) This photo was taken by Jack Delano in May 1940 and is titled "At the Bus Station."
2.) This photo was taken outdoors probably around mid-day because the lighting is bright. The setting is a rural area.
3.) In the photo, there is an African American man. He seems to be in his late forties. He is dressed poorly and is waiting for the bus in the colored waiting area. The bus was the first thing that caught my eye.
4.) The man is waiting at a bus station in the colored section. The colored section is in poor condition. Another structure in the picture is the bus. It looks odd and it too looks to be in poor condition.
5.) The tone of this photo is negative and depressing because it shows segregation. African- Americans and whites were seperated in almost everything they did.
6.) This picture proves to use how cruel people were during The Great Depression. Everything was segregated and African Americans were treated very poorly. This picture also angers me because it shows how stupid and irrational some people were during these hard times.
7.) I would ask the photographer why he chose the bus stop to film rather than a restaurant or something else segregated. I would also ask if he believed in segregation.
1.) This photo was taken by Russell Lee in July 1939.
2.) The setting of this photograph is indoors and the lighting is fairly bright. I do not know the time of day because of the fact that this photo is indoors.
3.) In this photo is a colored water fountain. The main in thie photo is African American and in his mid twenties. He is dressed poorly and is wearing a hat. The man is the first thing that caught my eye.
4.) In the photograph is a sign that says "white men, colored men." There is also a water fountain that is designated for colored people.
5.) The tone of this photograph is negative because of the segreagation showed in the photo.
6.) This photo shows how badly segregated our country was at one time. It also shows how stupid people were to believe that they couldn't drink out of the same water fountain as someone who was a different color. Because of this my response to this photo is disappointment. Thankfully, this segregation was finally seen as wrong and unjust.
7.) I would ask the photographer if he was ever discriminated against. I would also ask him why he chose this certain man to photograph.
1.) This photo was taken by John Vachon in September of 1939.
2.) This photograph was taken from outside. The lighting bright which suggests that it is mid-day.
3.) There are no people in this picture. but what catches my eye first is the sign "no beer sold to Indians."
4.) In the photo is a window of a bar. Inside the window is a sign that says "no beer sold to Indians." There are also cookies and beer in this photo.
5.) The tone of this photo is negative because of the fact that there is discrimination and stereotyping in this photo.
6.) This photo upsets me because this bar is stereotyping Indians. They believe that they can't handle drinking beer so they shouldn't have any. This is a completely false assumption. I don't understand why someone would conclude such an abstract idea. It wasn't just the African Americans that were discriminated against it was Indians too.
7.) I would ask the photographer if he believed that Indians didn't deserve to drink beer. I would also ask him if he was ever discriminated in this way.
-Jess Tyburski
African_American_picture.jpg
Outdoors
Its lite out
Urban
During the day
Yes
Two
Adults
The men have black pants and dress shirts and hats on
African American
None
The sign that says colored people.
There is a theatre
Good condition
Spaced close together
Other buildings
Heavy
Negative
Dark
I responded to this picture negatively. That is terrible how segregation reserved certain things for some and not others. Like this theatre is reserved for the African Americans, this shows the harsh racism facing the country at this time. They couldn’t even have a movie theatre that was desegregated. I find this appalling the way people were segregated and denied the same rights as others. Most of the time it was the African Americans that experienced most of the hardships.
1. This picture was taken in Waco, Texas in November of 1939 by Russell Lee. 2. It is outdoors, I’m guessing this picture was taken in the daytime. It is in an urban area, because movie theatres aren’t usually in rural towns. I think it’s probably in the late afternoon. 3. The first thing that caught my eye was the soda bottle on top of the sign, which is a distinguishing feature of this movie theatre’s symbol. 4. This is a business sign for the Gem Theatre. It looks like it’s in a very good condition. Other advertisements are surrounding the movie theatre’s sign. 5. I think the tone is heavy; even though it’s only a sign, it shows how segregated it was. It is definitely negative because it’s putting down African Americans. It is dark because it shows how terribly other races were treated.
6. My response was disappointment because I couldn’t understand why people would treat other races this way. I can’t comprehend why people are so unwelcoming of different people. This segregation was so awful that only certain races could go certain places. For example: this photograph; it shows that African Americans were very much discriminated; they couldn’t even simply see a movie without being forced to go to a specific theatre. They had to go to an “exclusive colored theatre”
7. I would ask the photographer if he ever went through this type of discrimination and I would ask what the significance of this picture was to him.
-Jaime Kader
This picture was taken in Durham, North Carolina. May 1940.
Jack Delano, photographer.
it is outdoors
its light out
urban
it is daytime
yes
4
adults
dresses
caucasion
one women has her hand over her mouth
the sign that says white ladies only
businesses
good condition
close together
cars and bikes
light
negative
dark
My response to the photograph was suprising. I couldnt believe that they had a place only for white ladies. The ladies looked happy too which was pretty suprising.
7. What was the message you were conveying by taking this picture?
Why did you take this picture.
"Secondhand clothing and pawn shop on Beale Street"
1) The picture was taken by Marion Post Walcott in October 1939.
2) The setting of this picture takes place in an urban section of Memphis, Tennessee during the day. The lighting is bright but due to the trucks and cars parked on the street, there is a shadow that casts onto two men.
3) There are definetly five African Amercian men infront of a building. All but one look like they are in their 20s. There is also one man standing half in teh shade who looks like he is in his mid 50s. He even looks like one of the young men is helping him walk to the sidewalk to wards the cars. THe men are all wearing top hats and dress pants with a shirt. Only the man with teh black top hat is wearing a piar of dirty pants that look like they have oil stains. The old man also looks like he is using a cane. When I first saw this picture I noticed that they were wearing pretty fancy clothes even though they were standing infront of a second hand clothing store. They don't excactly look excited. THey look more worried and lack hope in confidence.
4) Yes, there are many buildings in this picture, and they are all businesses that are in well condition becuase they all seem to have some sort ofg people infront of their stores. The merchandise they are selling is also what the people in dept are in need of. Such as used clothes and jackets. The need for a loan seemed important too. THe spacing of the buildings is tightly pilled on top of each other, espaecially since teh surrounding buildings are businesses in need of customers as well.
5) The tone of this picture is pretty heavy and negative becuase it shows how lifeless these people were without their pay in duty. But the picture itself is pretty light becuase the photogrpaher took it in a way that you can at least get a vage image of what teh signs are saying. There are just a couple of places where it was hard to grasp from teh shadows casted on it.
6) I think that this picture depicts the suffering of the Great Depression thebest ebcuase it shows how even when there were seperations, people were terrified the same amount. The need for people buying loans and people buying clothes was needed, but with the lack of money, these people were wandering on teh streets. Their oil stained clothes show their desperation in shelter and clohting.
7) I would ask athe photogrpagher:
Did starvation and wandering start in teh African American sectrion first?
When did these people acknowledge the fact that no one was going to help them?
-Prathusha Betala "A railroad station"
1. This picture was taken by John Vachon in May of 1938.
2. The setting of this picture takes place outside a train station in a rural area of Manchester, Georgia. I could say that this picture wasn't taken with a lot of lighting beucase even though you can see the faces of the people sitting, you can't really see the faces of people standing. The time of day could be around the afternoon, right before lunch, but it isn't certain becuase the dull lighting darkens the quality of teh picture.
3. This is one of the pictures that captures the actions of several people. Infact there are four male African Americans and a blur of a female white American in the background. There are two men who are wearing a hat slanted to the side of their head with a pair of trousers, greesy white shirts, and apair of boots are sitting outside on teh steps to the waiting room. The other teo men standing are wearing draker pairs of trousers, a hat, and are smoking cigarettes. One of their right hands seem to also be in their back pocket. IN the distance, behind the two men standing, is an Amercian lady wearing a white or dull shaded suit and shoes walking towards the wall area. This lady, maybe in her 20s, seems lost walking towards the men's bathroom, exspecially because it was the colored area. I wonder if she notices that there are four 30 year old men wandering there. What catches my eye the most is how there is an AMerican lady in the colored area. I also found it distinguishing how that man sitting down is grunting while the others are posing.
4. There is only one building in this photograph and that structure is a business. Since it is located in a rural area, there is a vast amount of spacing. Surounding this building is basically cars, trees, and the open roads. There is probably a railroad track on the other side of the building for this is a railroad station. It looks to be in good condition beucase there were defineltypeople who hang out at therailroad station.
5. This photogrpah's tone is very heavy and negative for it shows how awfully people suffered from the ratial segregation even more becuase of the trouble from thh Great Depression. The men's grumpy faces express a great deal about how unfair the world was treating them. It shows that African Amercans suffered far more than the Amercians becuase of all the restrictions set on them. This photograph is also a dark image because the photographer just ended up take=ing thispicture with a lower tone of light.
6. I believe that this photograph captures the sufferage of the Great Depression the most becuase the specific low lighting and the arrangement of the men standing shows how misreable life must have been for the people. This picture further tells that mostly African Americans were the ones who were effected the gratest because of the segration. Becuase African Americans couldn't use the same facilities, they had to work harder and wait longer.For example, the waiting rooms shown in this picture show how frustrated a couple of men look from waiting patiently for a train to come pick them up.
7. If I could ask teh photogrpaher two questions, Iwould ask him:
Were the men waiting outside the waiting room becuase it was too packed in the room?
Did the African Americansuse the same transportation as teh Americans during the time where the cost of living went up? by Prathusha Betala "Lunch Room"
1. This photograph was taken by Marion Post Wolcott in January of 1939.
2. The setting of this picture takes place outside a lunch room in Belle Glade, Florida. IT looks like it takes place outside in a rural area. The photograph also has a lot of lighting maybe from the photogrpaher's staged lighting or from the day's bright lighting.
3. There is one pereson in this picture, and she is an American lady walking out of the lunch room onto a bridge. With her short sleeved blouse and lengthy skirt, she looks like she can be 17 years old. Her short curly hair flairs with her neck causing me to think she is from the country. What catches my eye emeidiatly is that this lady is coming out of a lunch room that has a sign labeled "white and colored sesrved."
4. There are a couple of sutructures in this picture, and teh main one is a busness. It is a lunch room, or a restaurant. It seems to be in pretty good condition becuase you can see people through the window of the building. But since it's located in a rural area where it's surrounded by a little cottage and some other building covered in trees. Though it is aa restaurant in the middle of a bunck of trees, it is spaced ina very small area. There are broken pieces of wood everywhere and the bridge looks like it could collapse any day now.
5. This picture is light and a little bit positive beucase there is a sign that says that they serve both colored and white. It shows that at least a couple of people are accpeting everyone through the tim of fincial trouble. But it is kind of sad becuase its location shows how run down they are. I still think that this picture is light becuase of the sun's natural light.
6. I think that this photograph is a great example of the Great Depression becuase it shows how they all worked together to get through teh troublesome times. The Amercian lady walking out of hte restaurant shows the struggle of the lack of customers, but in the country where things are going terrible, they look fine. It is one of the few positive pictures taken during the Great Depression. Even though it is sad because they are up in a tree where things can collapse any minute.
7. I would ask the photgrpher if he or she took this picture to be positive or negative? I would also ask him if things were getting better in rural areas quicker than in the cities. by Prathusha Betala
It is outdoors and looks light and maybe in the afternoon. It is a rural area.
There are no people, but the cabin is a distinguishing feature of the picture. The cabin is also the first thing to catch my eye. This is a business for African Americans to stay in cabins. The cabin is run down and falling apart. There is a large space between the cabin and other buildings. The only things surrounding it are trees and a sign for the cabin. The tone is heavy, negative, and dark because it shows how different races were treated so poorly. I felt sorry for all the people who were treated like this, being forced into a different place where there could only be one race of people. I can assume from this picture that white people had nice, comfortable cabins and the African Americans had to stay in these awful cabins. I would ask the photographer how much worse the conditions were inside the cabin than just looking at the outside and were cabins like these around for other races, too.
-Jaime Kader
This photo was taken by Bubley Esther in September 1943.
outdoors
its light out
rural
daytime
no
none
none
none
none
the sign that says, "Colored dining room."
the sign that says, "Colored dining room."
business
okay condition
very spaced out
plants, bushes, and trees
heavy
negative
dark
My reaction to this photo was once again,"Wow." I couldn't believe how small the dining room for the African Americans was. It was so small, too small to fit a dining room or anything for that matter. I was shocked
Why was this so small?
Was the small building the dining room? 1. This was taken in Memphis, Tennessee in October of 1939 by Marion Post Wolcott.
2. It’s indoors, it is very bright out, I would say it’s around noon and it is in an urban area. 3. There are nine African American men in their mid-twenties and wearing khaki pants and sweaters. I think the car is the distinguishing feature. Also, the sign that says “Rex Billiard Hall for colored” catches my eye first. 4. There is a billiard hall that’s in a very good condition. There isn’t a space between this business and other stores. The streets and other stores surround the billiard hall. 5. The tone is light, but negative, and dark.
6. I was a little upset at how we treated people of other races. I don’t think it was fair how inhospitable we were to ethnic people. In this photo, there is a certain billiard hall just for African Americans; white people didn’t even want to share a public place with different people. This was a terrible way for people to be treated and I think things have changed for the better now that not as many people are racist and we have become more accepting of other cultures. 7. I would ask the photographer why the men were standing outside and not playing billiards inside of the hall and if there was a relation between this billiard hall and the Rex Theatre.
-Jaime Kader
1.) This photo was taken by Jack Delano in May 1940 and is titled "At the Bus Station."
2.) This photo was taken outdoors probably around mid-day because the lighting is bright. The setting is a rural area.
3.) In the photo, there is an African American man. He seems to be in his late forties. He is dressed poorly and is waiting for the bus in the colored waiting area. The bus was the first thing that caught my eye.
4.) The man is waiting at a bus station in the colored section. The colored section is in poor condition. Another structure in the picture is the bus. It looks odd and it too looks to be in poor condition.
5.) The tone of this photo is negative and depressing because it shows segregation. African- Americans and whites were seperated in almost everything they did.
6.) This picture proves to use how cruel people were during The Great Depression. Everything was segregated and African Americans were treated very poorly. This picture also angers me because it shows how stupid and irrational some people were during these hard times.
7.) I would ask the photographer why he chose the bus stop to film rather than a restaurant or something else segregated. I would also ask if he believed in segregation.
1.) This photo was taken by Russell Lee in July 1939.
2.) The setting of this photograph is indoors and the lighting is fairly bright. I do not know the time of day because of the fact that this photo is indoors.
3.) In this photo is a colored water fountain. The main in thie photo is African American and in his mid twenties. He is dressed poorly and is wearing a hat. The man is the first thing that caught my eye.
4.) In the photograph is a sign that says "white men, colored men." There is also a water fountain that is designated for colored people.
5.) The tone of this photograph is negative because of the segreagation showed in the photo.
6.) This photo shows how badly segregated our country was at one time. It also shows how stupid people were to believe that they couldn't drink out of the same water fountain as someone who was a different color. Because of this my response to this photo is disappointment. Thankfully, this segregation was finally seen as wrong and unjust.
7.) I would ask the photographer if he was ever discriminated against. I would also ask him why he chose this certain man to photograph.
1.) This photo was taken by John Vachon in September of 1939.
2.) This photograph was taken from outside. The lighting bright which suggests that it is mid-day.
3.) There are no people in this picture. but what catches my eye first is the sign "no beer sold to Indians."
4.) In the photo is a window of a bar. Inside the window is a sign that says "no beer sold to Indians." There are also cookies and beer in this photo.
5.) The tone of this photo is negative because of the fact that there is discrimination and stereotyping in this photo.
6.) This photo upsets me because this bar is stereotyping Indians. They believe that they can't handle drinking beer so they shouldn't have any. This is a completely false assumption. I don't understand why someone would conclude such an abstract idea. It wasn't just the African Americans that were discriminated against it was Indians too.
7.) I would ask the photographer if he believed that Indians didn't deserve to drink beer. I would also ask him if he was ever discriminated in this way.
-Jess Tyburski
I responded to this picture negatively. That is terrible how segregation reserved certain things for some and not others. Like this theatre is reserved for the African Americans, this shows the harsh racism facing the country at this time. They couldn’t even have a movie theatre that was desegregated. I find this appalling the way people were segregated and denied the same rights as others. Most of the time it was the African Americans that experienced most of the hardships.
1. This picture was taken in Waco, Texas in November of 1939 by Russell Lee.
2. It is outdoors, I’m guessing this picture was taken in the daytime. It is in an urban area, because movie theatres aren’t usually in rural towns. I think it’s probably in the late afternoon.
3. The first thing that caught my eye was the soda bottle on top of the sign, which is a distinguishing feature of this movie theatre’s symbol.
4. This is a business sign for the Gem Theatre. It looks like it’s in a very good condition. Other advertisements are surrounding the movie theatre’s sign.
5. I think the tone is heavy; even though it’s only a sign, it shows how segregated it was. It is definitely negative because it’s putting down African Americans. It is dark because it shows how terribly other races were treated.
6. My response was disappointment because I couldn’t understand why people would treat other races this way. I can’t comprehend why people are so unwelcoming of different people. This segregation was so awful that only certain races could go certain places. For example: this photograph; it shows that African Americans were very much discriminated; they couldn’t even simply see a movie without being forced to go to a specific theatre. They had to go to an “exclusive colored theatre”
7. I would ask the photographer if he ever went through this type of discrimination and I would ask what the significance of this picture was to him.
-Jaime Kader
This picture was taken in Durham, North Carolina. May 1940.
Jack Delano, photographer.
- it is outdoors
- its light out
- urban
- it is daytime
- yes
- 4
- adults
- dresses
- caucasion
- one women has her hand over her mouth
- the sign that says white ladies only
- businesses
- good condition
- close together
- cars and bikes
- light
- negative
- dark
My response to the photograph was suprising. I couldnt believe that they had a place only for white ladies. The ladies looked happy too which was pretty suprising.7. What was the message you were conveying by taking this picture?
Why did you take this picture.
"Secondhand clothing and pawn shop on Beale Street"
1) The picture was taken by Marion Post Walcott in October 1939.
2) The setting of this picture takes place in an urban section of Memphis, Tennessee during the day. The lighting is bright but due to the trucks and cars parked on the street, there is a shadow that casts onto two men.
3) There are definetly five African Amercian men infront of a building. All but one look like they are in their 20s. There is also one man standing half in teh shade who looks like he is in his mid 50s. He even looks like one of the young men is helping him walk to the sidewalk to wards the cars. THe men are all wearing top hats and dress pants with a shirt. Only the man with teh black top hat is wearing a piar of dirty pants that look like they have oil stains. The old man also looks like he is using a cane. When I first saw this picture I noticed that they were wearing pretty fancy clothes even though they were standing infront of a second hand clothing store. They don't excactly look excited. THey look more worried and lack hope in confidence.
4) Yes, there are many buildings in this picture, and they are all businesses that are in well condition becuase they all seem to have some sort ofg people infront of their stores. The merchandise they are selling is also what the people in dept are in need of. Such as used clothes and jackets. The need for a loan seemed important too. THe spacing of the buildings is tightly pilled on top of each other, espaecially since teh surrounding buildings are businesses in need of customers as well.
5) The tone of this picture is pretty heavy and negative becuase it shows how lifeless these people were without their pay in duty. But the picture itself is pretty light becuase the photogrpaher took it in a way that you can at least get a vage image of what teh signs are saying. There are just a couple of places where it was hard to grasp from teh shadows casted on it.
6) I think that this picture depicts the suffering of the Great Depression thebest ebcuase it shows how even when there were seperations, people were terrified the same amount. The need for people buying loans and people buying clothes was needed, but with the lack of money, these people were wandering on teh streets. Their oil stained clothes show their desperation in shelter and clohting.
7) I would ask athe photogrpagher:
Did starvation and wandering start in teh African American sectrion first?
When did these people acknowledge the fact that no one was going to help them?
-Prathusha Betala
"A railroad station"
1. This picture was taken by John Vachon in May of 1938.
2. The setting of this picture takes place outside a train station in a rural area of Manchester, Georgia. I could say that this picture wasn't taken with a lot of lighting beucase even though you can see the faces of the people sitting, you can't really see the faces of people standing. The time of day could be around the afternoon, right before lunch, but it isn't certain becuase the dull lighting darkens the quality of teh picture.
3. This is one of the pictures that captures the actions of several people. Infact there are four male African Americans and a blur of a female white American in the background. There are two men who are wearing a hat slanted to the side of their head with a pair of trousers, greesy white shirts, and apair of boots are sitting outside on teh steps to the waiting room. The other teo men standing are wearing draker pairs of trousers, a hat, and are smoking cigarettes. One of their right hands seem to also be in their back pocket. IN the distance, behind the two men standing, is an Amercian lady wearing a white or dull shaded suit and shoes walking towards the wall area. This lady, maybe in her 20s, seems lost walking towards the men's bathroom, exspecially because it was the colored area. I wonder if she notices that there are four 30 year old men wandering there. What catches my eye the most is how there is an AMerican lady in the colored area. I also found it distinguishing how that man sitting down is grunting while the others are posing.
4. There is only one building in this photograph and that structure is a business. Since it is located in a rural area, there is a vast amount of spacing. Surounding this building is basically cars, trees, and the open roads. There is probably a railroad track on the other side of the building for this is a railroad station. It looks to be in good condition beucase there were defineltypeople who hang out at therailroad station.
5. This photogrpah's tone is very heavy and negative for it shows how awfully people suffered from the ratial segregation even more becuase of the trouble from thh Great Depression. The men's grumpy faces express a great deal about how unfair the world was treating them. It shows that African Amercans suffered far more than the Amercians becuase of all the restrictions set on them. This photograph is also a dark image because the photographer just ended up take=ing thispicture with a lower tone of light.
6. I believe that this photograph captures the sufferage of the Great Depression the most becuase the specific low lighting and the arrangement of the men standing shows how misreable life must have been for the people. This picture further tells that mostly African Americans were the ones who were effected the gratest because of the segration. Becuase African Americans couldn't use the same facilities, they had to work harder and wait longer.For example, the waiting rooms shown in this picture show how frustrated a couple of men look from waiting patiently for a train to come pick them up.
7. If I could ask teh photogrpaher two questions, Iwould ask him:
Were the men waiting outside the waiting room becuase it was too packed in the room?
Did the African Americansuse the same transportation as teh Americans during the time where the cost of living went up?
by Prathusha Betala
"Lunch Room"
1. This photograph was taken by Marion Post Wolcott in January of 1939.
2. The setting of this picture takes place outside a lunch room in Belle Glade, Florida. IT looks like it takes place outside in a rural area. The photograph also has a lot of lighting maybe from the photogrpaher's staged lighting or from the day's bright lighting.
3. There is one pereson in this picture, and she is an American lady walking out of the lunch room onto a bridge. With her short sleeved blouse and lengthy skirt, she looks like she can be 17 years old. Her short curly hair flairs with her neck causing me to think she is from the country. What catches my eye emeidiatly is that this lady is coming out of a lunch room that has a sign labeled "white and colored sesrved."
4. There are a couple of sutructures in this picture, and teh main one is a busness. It is a lunch room, or a restaurant. It seems to be in pretty good condition becuase you can see people through the window of the building. But since it's located in a rural area where it's surrounded by a little cottage and some other building covered in trees. Though it is aa restaurant in the middle of a bunck of trees, it is spaced ina very small area. There are broken pieces of wood everywhere and the bridge looks like it could collapse any day now.
5. This picture is light and a little bit positive beucase there is a sign that says that they serve both colored and white. It shows that at least a couple of people are accpeting everyone through the tim of fincial trouble. But it is kind of sad becuase its location shows how run down they are. I still think that this picture is light becuase of the sun's natural light.
6. I think that this photograph is a great example of the Great Depression becuase it shows how they all worked together to get through teh troublesome times. The Amercian lady walking out of hte restaurant shows the struggle of the lack of customers, but in the country where things are going terrible, they look fine. It is one of the few positive pictures taken during the Great Depression. Even though it is sad because they are up in a tree where things can collapse any minute.
7. I would ask the photgrpher if he or she took this picture to be positive or negative? I would also ask him if things were getting better in rural areas quicker than in the cities.
by Prathusha Betala
It is outdoors and looks light and maybe in the afternoon. It is a rural area.
There are no people, but the cabin is a distinguishing feature of the picture. The cabin is also the first thing to catch my eye.
This is a business for African Americans to stay in cabins. The cabin is run down and falling apart. There is a large space between the cabin and other buildings. The only things surrounding it are trees and a sign for the cabin.
The tone is heavy, negative, and dark because it shows how different races were treated so poorly.
I felt sorry for all the people who were treated like this, being forced into a different place where there could only be one race of people. I can assume from this picture that white people had nice, comfortable cabins and the African Americans had to stay in these awful cabins.
I would ask the photographer how much worse the conditions were inside the cabin than just looking at the outside and were cabins like these around for other races, too.
-Jaime Kader
This photo was taken by Bubley Esther in September 1943.
- outdoors
- its light out
- rural
- daytime
- no
- none
- none
- none
- none
- the sign that says, "Colored dining room."
- the sign that says, "Colored dining room."
- business
- okay condition
- very spaced out
- plants, bushes, and trees
- heavy
- negative
- dark
My reaction to this photo was once again,"Wow." I couldn't believe how small the dining room for the African Americans was. It was so small, too small to fit a dining room or anything for that matter. I was shockedWhy was this so small?
Was the small building the dining room?
1. This was taken in Memphis, Tennessee in October of 1939 by Marion Post Wolcott.
2. It’s indoors, it is very bright out, I would say it’s around noon and it is in an urban area.
3. There are nine African American men in their mid-twenties and wearing khaki pants and sweaters. I think the car is the distinguishing feature. Also, the sign that says “Rex Billiard Hall for colored” catches my eye first.
4. There is a billiard hall that’s in a very good condition. There isn’t a space between this business and other stores. The streets and other stores surround the billiard hall.
5. The tone is light, but negative, and dark.
6. I was a little upset at how we treated people of other races. I don’t think it was fair how inhospitable we were to ethnic people. In this photo, there is a certain billiard hall just for African Americans; white people didn’t even want to share a public place with different people. This was a terrible way for people to be treated and I think things have changed for the better now that not as many people are racist and we have become more accepting of other cultures.
7. I would ask the photographer why the men were standing outside and not playing billiards inside of the hall and if there was a relation between this billiard hall and the Rex Theatre.
-Jaime Kader